Finances

New Zealand schools are funded primarily by the government. The three main components of government funding are school operations, teacher salaries, and property funding. In addition schools receive various forms of ‘in-kind’ resourcing from the government, including software licensing, laptops for principals, other ICT support and professional development.

State and state-integrated schools get funding from all three sources, while private schools only receive School Operations funding.

Identical information is available for the school’s Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako through the Communities of Learning page: Lynfield Community of Learning.

Government funds (2012-2015)

Year

School operations ($)

Teacher salaries ($)

Property funding ($)

2012

504,874

1,707,473

4,000

2013

567,793

1,822,588

57,353

2014

665,089

1,866,446

0

2015

660,776

1,992,496

105,214

Notes

School Operations – This is the total grant and has had any manual adjustments removed for fees and levies, such as International Student, Foreign Fee Paying and the Risk Management Scheme.

Teacher Salaries – Teacher salaries are paid directly from a centralised payroll system. The amount shown is the amount paid from the Teachers Entitlement.

Property Funding – This covers the Five Year Agreement (5YA) funding programme. This funding is allocated to boards for modernising and upgrading school buildings. Schools can choose which
projects to progress using the funding, but should prioritise those projects required to maintain health and safety standards, upgrade essential infrastructure and create modern learning environments.